argent

¹

[ ahr-juhnt ]

noun

1. Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
2. Archaic.
   1. silver.
   2. something silvery or white.
3. Obsolete. money.

adjective

1. like silver; silvery white.
2. Heraldry. of the tincture or metal silver:

   a lion argent.

argent-

²

1. variant of argento-, especially before a vowel.

argent

/ ˈɑːdʒənt /

noun

1. 1. an archaic or poetic word for silver
   2. ( as adjective; often postpositive, esp in heraldry )

      a bend argent

Word History and Origins

Origin of argent¹

1400–50; late Middle English argentum < Latin: silver, money

Word History and Origins

Origin of argent¹

C15: from Old French, from Latin

Example Sentences

There is cheese by the pound, from Wisconsin or France; meat cured in house; fish like the best of Russ & Daughters: herring, salmon belly salad, anchovies slippery and argent.

From Salon

I half-expect him to leave a trail of argent, fading light in his wake, like a lightning bug.

From The New Yorker

Lancelot, who did not care for gaudy things, wore a few heron’s hackles bound with silver thread, which suited the argent of his shield.

From Literature

My father is known for his argent hair.

From Salon

Modern heraldic writers would give the sentence as “Sable, on a bend or between two horses’ heads erased argent, three fleurs-de-lys of the first.”

From Project Gutenberg